Domain Registration Terms

Effective date: Effective on the date these terms are first published.

Domain purchases through Main Street Smith are not available yet. These terms apply when that feature is turned on.

These terms add to the Main Street Smith Terms of Service. They apply when you buy a new domain (for example, yourbusiness.com) through us.

Your options

  1. Use the web address included with your site. No extra charge. The included Main Street Smith web address cannot be transferred away.
  2. Connect a domain you already own. Free. The domain stays with your current registrar and stays in your account there. You keep paying that registrar and are responsible for keeping it renewed and its settings in place.
  3. Buy a new domain through us (these terms).
  4. Transfer a domain in to us. See the Domain Transfer Terms.

Price

  • Registrar price + $5 one-time Main Street Smith setup fee.
  • Both amounts are shown separately at checkout, with the estimated yearly renewal price (registrar renewal + $3/year Main Street Smith fee), before you confirm. If the price changes before you finish, we ask you to confirm again.
  • Domain charges are separate from your website subscription. Where required, sales tax is added via Stripe Tax and shown before you confirm.

Checkout and payment

Domain buy (and transfer-in) is part of an all-or-nothing checkout with your site order. We authorize (hold) your card first, complete the domain registration, and only then capture payment for the whole order. If the card or the registration fails, nothing is charged, the hold is released, and you are returned to the Web Address step with a clear error so you can pick another name, use the included address, or try a different card.

Who owns the domain

  • Domains are registered through Vercel Registrar.
  • You (or your business) are the registrant and owner of the domain. You must give accurate registrant contact details, and the registrar may ask you to verify them.
  • We manage the domain's settings so it points to your site.
  • WHOIS/RDAP privacy is on by default for domains we register, so your personal contact details are not shown in public domain records where the registry allows it.

Yearly renewal

  • We bill the yearly renewal about 45 days before the domain expires, at the registrar's renewal price at that time plus a $3 per year Main Street Smith fee.
  • We renew only after your payment succeeds. If the renewal is not paid, the domain is not renewed and may expire. Expired domains may be hard or costly to recover.
  • We email you before the renewal charge and if it fails.

Refunds

  • Registration fees are generally non-refundable once the domain is registered.
  • Because checkout uses authorize-then-capture, a failed registration does not create a charge, so no refund is needed. See the Refund and Cancellation Policy.

Moving your domain away

You can ask to transfer your domain to another registrar at any time. Email support@mainstreetsmith.com. There is no Main Street Smith transfer-out fee. We unlock the domain and send the authorization (auth) code to the email on your account within 2 business days. Under ICANN rules, a domain usually cannot be transferred for 60 days after it is registered or transferred, or after certain changes to the registrant. We will tell you the date a transfer becomes possible. See the Domain Transfer Terms.

If you cancel your website plan

The domain stays registered to you until its paid-through date. We stop billing renewals. You may request the auth code by emailing support@mainstreetsmith.com within 90 days of cancellation. After that window, if the auth code was not requested, the domain is left to expire unrenewed. Deletion warning emails for your site content also mention this.

Registrar and registry rules

Domain registrations are also subject to the registrar's terms, the rules for the domain extension (registry), and ICANN policies. Some extensions have extra requirements or are not available.

Contact

Main Street Smith · 1317 Edgewater Dr #3888, Orlando, FL 32804 · support@mainstreetsmith.com